Etymology of the French word passementerie
the French word
passementeriederived from the French word
passementerderived from the Old French word
passementderived from the Old French word
passerderived from the Vulgar Latin word
passarederived from the Late Latin word
passus (spread out; outstretched; dried; step, pace)
derived from the Latin word
pati (suffer; allow; undergo)
derived from the Latin word
pandere (spread out [passis manibus => with hands outstretched])
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*petə-Date
The earliest known usage of passementerie in French dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in other languages
English
passementerie, Italian
passamanteria, Romanian
pasmanterie
